Quick bits
‘‘We still have some work to do,’’ Ingall said.
‘‘Those other two mobs (Triple Eight and FPR) have got some pace. But in saying that, on the hard tyre run I was hanging on to the three at the front.’’
‘‘I had (Will) Davison’s pace no problem at all.
‘‘That was encouraging because it’s been one of our downfalls.
‘‘Leading into the enduros where we don’t run soft tyres it works for us,’’ he said.
‘‘I suppose I’m pretty particular in how I drive the car and I’m probably too old to change my style so the car has got to come to me.
‘‘I don’t think we could have done any better (at Ipswich).
‘‘The pit calls were good, the pit stops were good and the information I got in the car was good.
While Ingall was on the pace, the same could not be said for his HRT stablemates Garth Tander and James Courtney, who struggled.
The next round of the championship will be at Eastern Creek in Sydney on August 24-26. YOU could not feel anything but disappointed for young Gold Coast racer Matt Kingsley at Hampton Down in New Zealand at the weekend.
Kingsley joined New Zealand racers Andre Heimgartner, the current New Zealand Formula Ford champion, Glenn Smith and John Goodacre in an RSR Porsche for a 12-hour event.
The four led the race by an amazing 32 laps, but the car burst into flames just eight minutes before the chequered flag.
It left the Malcolm Niall, Brett Niall and Clint Harvey Porsche 997 to take an unexpected win.
The Porsche finished two laps ahead of the older 996 series Porsche driven by Phil Hood, Jeff Lowrey, David Glasson and Bruce Stewart.
The Seat Leon Supercopa driven by Jeff Watts, Simon Piavanini and Mark Pilatti finished third.